Wearable Analysis Portal for Biological Fluid Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for analyzing biological materials, such as urinalysis and sweat tests, often require individuals to visit laboratories, which can be inconvenient and costly, especially for health-conscious individuals or those with mobility issues, limiting regular health monitoring and feedback.
Innovation Solution
A wearable product with an integrated analysis portal that includes a sensing portion with sensors and an investigation portion featuring a health screener, allowing for real-time analysis of biological fluids like urine and sweat, and providing secure, individualized feedback through a communicative system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional laboratory analysis methods are used, then measurement precision is maintained, but ease of operation deteriorates due to required laboratory visits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the core analysis function from centralized laboratories and places sensing capabilities directly into wearable products at the user's location. Sensors are embedded in garments, diapers, or bandages to collect biological material data in-home, eliminating the need for laboratory visits while maintaining analysis capabilities through integrated sensing portions and investigation portions that can process or transmit data for analysis.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces wearable products as intermediary devices between the user and laboratory analysis. The wearable product collects biological samples and transmits data to laboratories or processes it locally, serving as a mediator that bridges home convenience with professional analysis capabilities, thereby reducing travel time while preserving measurement precision.
2Measurement precision
If conventional laboratory analysis methods are used, then measurement precision is maintained, but device complexity increases due to laboratory infrastructure requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the health monitoring system into distinct functional components: sensing portions embedded in wearable products for data collection, investigation portions for data processing and analysis, and communication systems for data transmission. This segmentation allows measurement precision to be maintained in the analysis portion while distributing system complexity across multiple simple, specialized components rather than requiring complex centralized laboratory infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The wearable product serves multiple functions: it acts as a collection device for biological samples, a transmission device for data communication, and potentially a processing unit. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized equipment, thereby maintaining measurement capabilities while reducing overall system complexity and infrastructure requirements.
3Productivity
If conventional laboratory analysis methods are used, then reliability of health data is maintained, but productivity decreases due to limited monitoring frequency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables continuous health monitoring by embedding sensors in wearable products that users wear daily. The sensing portions continuously collect biological material data, and the investigation portions continuously process or transmit this data, allowing health assessments to occur frequently without interruption. This continuous action eliminates the time gaps inherent in periodic laboratory visits, enabling productivity improvement through frequent monitoring while maintaining data reliability through consistent data collection.
4Ease of operation
If sensors are integrated into wearable products, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases due to integration of multiple components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the sensing functionality, data processing capability, and communication functions into an integrated wearable product system. The sensing portion, investigation portion, and communication components are combined in a unified device that users wear, simplifying operation by providing all functions in one convenient package while managing integration complexity through modular design and standardized interfaces between components.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for monitoring at least one characteristic of biological material of an individual includes a wearable product. The wearable product includes an outer surface and a skin contact surface defining an internal area. An analysis portal is disposed in the internal area, and includes a sensing portion and an investigation portion. The sensing portion has at least one sensor, and the investigation portion that includes a computing device having a health screener. The sensing portion of the analysis portal comes into contact with a biological material of the individual, and the health screener is configured to determine at least one characteristic of the biological material. The computing device is communicatively coupled to the sensors and the display.